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Streetcars S774n.tif
Omaha-Council Bluffs Railway Company Streetcar. Fairmount Park line, 1948.

Streetcars S774i.tif
Signs: "Fairmount Park" and "Storz Beer."

Streetcars S774p.tif
Ten bench summer car used for Fairmount Park and Lake Manawa. Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway Company.

Streetcars S774d.tif
Summer car, Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway Company.

Streetcars S774c.tif
Open door streetcar, Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway Company, 1911.

Streetcars S774b.tif
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company. Streetcar used in summer for Lake Manawa run. Left to right John Miller and John Riley Eledge.

Signs: "Omaha" and "Baseball today - Rourke Park."

Streetcars S774o.tif
Streetcar builty by Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company, 1907.

Broadway S774.tif

Color painting from a magazine, looking east on Broadway from Pearl. Text of article titled "Broadway in Council Bluffs Marks Trail of the Pioneers" on the back of the picture.

strand_fire_inspection.jpg
In 1951, firefighters had to inspect the theater front's terra cotta decorations after several chunks of concrete toppled to the sidewalks, narrowly missing pedestrians.

Fire Department Strand Theater.tif
Photographs of a fire at the Strand Theater.

Theaters S773b.tif
Photograph of the Strand Theater. Destroyed by fire Dec. 1974.

Theaters S773a.tif
Reproduction of a photograph of the exterior of the Strand Theater.

Highway_6_11_10_1968_001.jpg
Relocated Highway 6, straighter and wider than its predecessor, stretches from the Interstate 80 overpass into the distant Iowa prairie in this view. The highway between I-80 and Quick was opened to traffic during the past week. The new road…

Floods s767c.tiff
Photograph of storm damage on Park Avenue.

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Floods s767b.tiff
Photograph of storm damage at the corner of Knepper and South 1st Street, Council Bluffs. Mrs. Jessica Siedentopf's house is in the background.

Floods s767a.tiff
Photograph of car damaged by fallen tree. Behind the Ogden hotel.

Best_Pictures_1967_1970_7_10_1967_01.jpg
High Winds,,,Sunday night uprooted this large Cottonwood tree, causing it to fall on the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Carter, 1411 Second Ave. All that remained of the front porch Monday was the screen door and frame. Carter had hooked the screen…

Fire Fighters - 3-21-1972 the Stork Club.tif
Inspecting fire damage to the interior of the Stork Club are Ron Evilsizer of Denison, arson investigator for the state fire marshal's office, and Fire Chief Norman Elgan.

Hinky_Dinky_09_23_1970_001.tif
Cutting The Ribbon . . . formally opening the new Hinky Dinky Supermarket at Bluff Plaza Wednesday is Mayor John Pogge, center. Present for the opening are C.A. Monasee, president of Hinky Dinky; J.M. Newman, chairman of the board; Ed Brown, store…

Epworth_Methodist_Church_02_02_1963_01.jpg
Epworth Methodist Church is making plans for a Stewardship Crusade to start Tuesday, Feb. 5 and continue through Feb. 10. The Rev. Claire Shupe, Mrs. Lloyd Howland and Dean Ingram are pictured adjusting a sign on the church lawn to emphasize their…
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